Improvement in anvils



J. JENKINS.

ANVIL. No. 182,120. Par-tented Se pt.12,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

JAMES JENKINS, OF GORTEZ, NEVADA.

IMPROVEMENT l'N ANVILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,120, datedSeptember 12, 1876;application filed July 11, 1876.

. cured on the top of the anvil by a metal strap,

screwed detachably to its sides, and fitted down the sides and under thebottom of the anvil, to which it is fastened, together with one or morekeys fitted between the block and the hollow face of the anvil,-tosupport it firmly. The connection of the attaching strap to the sides ofthe block is so that the block can be reversed to use one side for theanvil-face, and the other side for the swageblock.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an old anvil with a new face andswage-block, attached according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation taken-on the line w 00 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a transversesection taken 011 the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section of the strapby which the face is attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the old anvil, the face of which is worn down in the concave formrepresented at B. r

G is the anvil-face and sWage-block, which I fit to the top of theanvil, and secure by the metal strap D, fitted under the anvil and upthe sides, and having a bar, E, on each end extending along the sides ofthe face, and fastened to it by screws F, and having the notched capsor. buttons G pivoted to it, to lock the screws against working loose bythe blows of the hammer on the anvil.

The block is flat on one side for forging purposes, and the other sidehas the swagegrooves I, of the different forms and sizes for makingbolts of various forms and sizes, thus affording a greater range ofgrooves than can be had in the ordinary anvil.

J is a key, fitted in one of the grooves, and on the face of the anvilA, to support the block over the cavity. Another key, of suitable form,will be used when the grooved side of the block is turned up; and thesekeys may, if preferred, be bolted to the strap D.

K is a hole in the' block coinciding with the hole L in the anvil forthe hardy. M is a screw, by which the strap D is secured to the bottomof the anvil.

The block will be made of steel, and it may also be fastened to a blockof wood by the same means for many purposes, and to be used where ananvil cannot be had.v For example, in mines, for sharpening tools, whereit can be readily carried by the miner, and on board vessels, where theservice is not so heavy as to require an anvil, and for farmers use. Inthis case, also, a horn may be secured to the block of Wood, which hornshould have a tenon formed upon it to enter a mortise in said block ofwood, and receive the bolt that secures the strap D. The horn may befurther secured by a screw passing through the lower part of its base,and screwing into the said block.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The anvil-face and swage-block G, andattaching-barD E, and bolts F, combined and arranged substantially asspecified.

2. The anvil-face and sWage-block G, and attaching-bar D E, and bolts F,combined with an anvil, A, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the anvil-face and swage-block A, attaching-bar DE, bolts F, key J, and anvil A, substantially as specified.

JAMES JENKINS.

Witnesses:

SrMEoN BENBAN, OLIVAR BENSON.

